STAND. COM. REP. NO.  813

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 148

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 148, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Establish a process for wrongly convicted and incarcerated individuals to be compensated by the State; and

 

     (2)  Provide for immediate services for qualifying individuals upon release.

 

     The Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Innocence Project, and a concerned individual supported this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General, Hawaii Paroling Authority, and the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 148, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 148, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair